KMT Chairperson Johnny Chiang is calling on President Tsai Ing-wen to express concern to the US government over its response to an ongoing wave of protests.
The catalyst for the nationwide protests was the killing of African-American George Floyd by a white police officer in the state of Minnesota.
The KMT chief said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s response to the protests was “startling”. Chiang was referring to military forces using tear gas and rubber bullets to clear away peaceful protesters for a photo opportunity.
Chiang wrote that Taiwan’s longstanding ties with the US are based on the shared values of democracy, freedom, and human rights. He questioned how Taiwan can gain international respect or even criticize China for its suppression of democracy in Hong Kong, if it remains silent when the US president acts against those values.